



Staten Island 
Cricket andTennis Club 



HISTORY OF 



THE STATEN ISLAND CRICKET 
AND TENNIS CLUB 



1872 — 1917 



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LIVINGSTON, STATEN ISLAND. 



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By R. ST. G. WALKER 



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1872 1917 



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The Old Grounds at Camp Washington, S. I. 

(Hy courtesy of Mr. F. B. Eyre.) 



The Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club — as it was known at the time of 
its inception — was founded on the 22nd of March, 1872. The Club leased as its 
Cricket and Baseball field the George Law property at Camp Washington, situated 
on the north shore of Staten Island, on the site now occupied by the Baltimore & 
Ohio R. R. Co. as a terminal at St. George. A lovelier or more picturesque ground 
it would have been hard to find, for it extended to the very water's edge. From the 
Bay, where the Club grounds caught the eye of someone on every passing craft, the 
well-rolled lawn looked like a patch of emerald velvet, and it was often a cheering 
sight to Club ^Members and their friends, going or returning from abroad, to see 
the Club dip its flag to them, in welcome, or in farewell, as their steamer sailed in 
or out of the Harbor of New York. 

Among the founders and early members of the Club must be mentioned the 
names of Aymar Cater, Ashton Harvey, Wm. Krebs, Wm. Butler Duncan, Wm. 
Whitlock, ^lorris Duer, J. B. Duer, R. B. Whittemore, A. E. Outerbridge, Wm. H. 
Clark, W. M. Betts. George S. Scofield, M. G. Haughton, Maynard C. Eyre, 
Henry ]\I. Eyre, J. James Eyre, William M. Donald, Wm. H. Davidge, Duncan R. 
Norvell, Louis P. Ba}'ard, James M. Davis, George W. Dix, Joe Sprague, W. B. 
IMcKean. C. M. Dodge, Wilton Phipps, A. W. Peters, Nathaniel ^larsh, Dan'l Ap- 
pleton. Thomas A. AAse, John Cuthbertson, Robert E. Robinson, E. C. Bridgman, 
J. B. \\'hetham, J. Ridgway Moore, C. T. Jarvis, E. H. Moeran, George Moore, 
E. H. Outerbridge, Edward J. Shriver, H. E. Alexander, G. C. and Phil. i\llen. 




The Present Grounds at Livingston, S. I. 

(The Delafield Homestead.) 




The View from Deiafield Place. 



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The I'rosidenls of the Club since 1872 in the ordei" of their succession have 
been W ni. lUitler l^uncan. Wni. Krebs, (ieo. S. Scolield, Robl. 1^. Robinson. W. K. 
lewctl. lui!:i\MK' Lamb Richards, Jr., \\/ni. M. Donald and R. St. G. Walker. 

Those who ha\e nobly ser\ed us in the oflice of 'i^-easurer have been W. M. 
I5etts. W'ni. II. Davidge, b:. I. Shriver, A. W. .Morriss, R. K. Robinson, Wm. C. 
Rowland and II. Manley. 

In those days there were but few Cricket or Amateur Baseball Clubs in the 
neighborhood. Golf was almost unknown among- the people at larg'e, and the gen- 
eral interest in athletics, that has since grown to such great proportions, was in its 
infancy in this country. This Club, therefore, would seem to be one of the few or- 
ganizations still in active existence, that was among the pioneers in that really 
great movement — the introduction of Amateur sports — a movement that has meant 
so much to the men of this country and to their posterity, and has made, w^e think, 
for the betterment of the nation, both in body and soul. 

In 1885, the advent of the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. to Staten Island, and the 
commercial encroachment at St. George, necessitated the Club looking for a new 
home. After much deliberation, it purchased the Delafield Homestead on Bard 
Avenue at Livingston, S. I., and which property, notwithstanding several inter- 
vening changes, and some few vicissitudes, it still occupies under lease from Mr. 
Richard Delaiield. who in 191. S bought back the old family Homestead. It is a fine 
old house, with every suitable accommodation within, and is situated on a large 
rectangular plot of nearly five acres, which is covered with very fine and beautiful 
turf, admirablv, suited to the needs of the Club. 




The Club House from Bard Avenue. 




1887 
Club Match — American versus English 



While ihi' C'lul) wris or^Tini/cd ;is a C"ric1<rl and liaschall Clul), and has since 
succcssfull) liisiorcd nian\ dthn- spoi-is, ii has c\cr maintained its ])()siti()n as the 
prcniici- Cricket C'hil) ol' the Xorlh. All uf the matches ai;-ainst foreis^'n Cricket 
'i'cams durini;' the past lOrtx' \ears, ha\e w ith one or 1 wo cxcc])ti()ns, l)een ])la_\'cd 
on its i^rounds, so thai the Cluh has l)ecn recog"nized — not only here Init abroad — 
as the home ot Cricket in Xcw York. In tlie i)ast, International Matches have been 
pla\ed ai^ainst the following- XFs : — 



1879 vs. R. Daft's XI. 

1879 vs. Gentlemen of Ireland. 

1885 vs. E. J. .Sanders' XI. 

1886 vs. E. J. Sanders' XI. 
1886 vs. West Indians. 

1888 vs. Gentlemen of Ireland. 

1891 vs. LordHawkes'XI. 

1892 vs. Gentlemen of Ireland. 

1893 vs. Australians. 

1894 vs. Lord Hawkes' XL 

1895 vs. Oxford and Cambridge. 

(Frank Mitchel's XL) 
1897 vs. P. F. Warner's XL 



1898 vs. P. F. Warner's XL 

1899 vs. K. S. Ranjitsinhji's XL 
1903 vs. Kent County. 

1905 vs. Hamilton Cricket Club. 
( Bermuda. ) 

1905 vs. M. C. C. 

1906 vs. Corinthian Football Club. 

1907 vs. M. C. C. 

1909 vs. Gentlemen of Ireland. 

1912 vs. Australians. 

1913 vs. Australians. 

1913 vs. Incogniti Cricket Club. 



In 1888 an eleven under the auspices of this Club made a tour of the British 
West Indies. The XI was captained by Mr. C. L. Bixby, and included Wm. C. 
Morgan, Jr., G. deSaumarez Hamilton, Crawford Coates, Jr., Newbold Etting, C. R. 
Palmer, and other well known Cricketers. They played some 8 or 10 matches, had 
a delightful trip, and were the recipients of the most lavish hospitality at the hands 
of their hosts at the several Islands. 




1891 
Staten Island C. C. vs. Mr. R. B. Mantell's Thespian XI. 




1893 

Club Match — American versus English. 



( )\\ini4' 1(1 a lire al the C "IuMk msc, nian\- of the old records Iia\-c l)ecn de- 
stroyed, hut cnoiii^h remain lo show thai from 1872 lo the ])resenl day, the batting 

II the (Cricket Field have been carried off bv the 



and bowling honors of the C'ln 
following sterling Cricketers: 

I. P.. W'hetham 72-77 



)assett ones 



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Ashton Har\ey 72-78 

J. E. Sprague 72-78 

P. W. Kessler 79 

George Lane 79-'80 

(Professional.) 

E. Kessler '81-'82 

F. Butler '85-'87 

(Professional.) 

Norman S. Walker '83-'90 

Cyril Wilson '83-'88 

J. H. Lambkin '8.S-"87 

H. N. Townsend '88-'93 

S. H. Barton '89-'91 

John Grierson '88- '92 

W. H. Thompson '90 



J. Lawrence Pool '91 -'96 

R. T. Rokeby '93-'97 

Herbert I-:. Jackson '94-'96 

A. E. Paterson '94-'98 

R. E. Bonner '98 

C. H. Clarke '96- '09 

W. R. Cobb '01-'16 

W. S. R. Ogilby 1900 

C. P. Hurditch '04 

T. D. KilHck '05 

E. H. L. Stonington '07-' 16 

F. F. Kelly '04-'16 

F. A. W. Ireland '10-'15 

H. R. Nicoll '11-'13 

H. C. Eitt '13 

j. H. Briggs '14 

A. W. Arrowsmith '15 



J. 1). Keenan '16 

Its professional coaches have included Wm. Brewster. George Lane, now 
of Philadelphia. Fred Butler, Tom Butler, S. Grundy, C. Wright, Stewart Lohman, 
\\\ Radford and lack Wilson. 



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1894 
Staten Island C. C. vs. the Philadelphia Clubs. 




1900 
Staten Island C. C. vs. the Philadelphia Cluljs. 



Amoiio- tlu' main who ha\o plawd (Vickcl in Xcw \ nvk and who lia\-c worn 
llic ( "luh c-olours — pale hliu', priini-i ISC and Mack — so well known on nian\- a cricket 
field, ihc C'lul) rostoi- has contained, in addition to those alfead}' mentioned, the 
names of the following' ])la\ers, man\- of whom ha\e heen lamous in their day: — 

C. W. I'.ance. !•:. W. Stevens, J. Lister I'im, Kohl. Sale Hill. j. J. Eyre, C. A. 
Ahsolom, W. T. Lawson. Merman Clarke. G. Upshnr, W. K. Jewett, B. J. Carroll, 
I lerhert Inman. I )r. I'anI ( )uter])ri(l^e. I loraee 1). Nugent, VV. R. Coe, T. S. Jevons, 
George Onirk. R. Maegregor. !•'. II. Tool. \\ N. Saunders, W. S. Callender, F. T. 
Short, Malcolm (h-aham, Jr., \\ S. W'onhani, Howard McNutt, T. S. Hope-Simp- 
son, r. W. Smith. II. C. Wright, Waller L. Clark. Chas. Dalton, B. Harding, E. J. 
Ridgway, W. V. I larl, X. Grell. Gerald F. r)rophy, P. E. Bousfield, Archie Gunn. 
P. H. Ross. A. j. Cook, Carlile and G. N. Boyd, the brothers Ogilly and Walker, 
Montague Norman. C. H. E. Griffith. L. B. Stoddart. Eric Bowring, A. F. Spooner, 
A. G. Laurie. C. P. Hurditch. D. J. Humble, W. Williams, R. W. R. Powell, P. 
Mew. Maurice Molloy, A. G. Lawrie, Harry Manley, the Keenans, father and sons, 
W. F. Lewis, J. S. Bretz, S. B. Standfast, E. O. Challenger. A. D. Robinson, C. B. 
Shepherd, C. K. Covington, Roger Roughton, F. P. Rogers. 

Since 190L or for over 16 years, the organization has existed as what is 
commonly known as a proprietary Club. We have endured without Charter or By- 
laws, with only a few and the simplest rules, and without the sometimes cumbrous 
machiner}' of the conventional Club. Those who have had charge of its destinies in 
that time, have endeavored to conduct it, on co-operative lines, as a playground for 
a large and happy family, rather than as a formal Club. They have been glad to dis- 
cover that wdiere amity, good fellowship and a gentleman's regard for the rights of 
others, exist, coupled with the disposition of each man to do his fair share in the 
support and upkeep of the Club, that it is as unnecessary to formulate rules for the 
proper conduct of Members in their relation to each other, as it would be to do so 
for our families and friends, in one's own household. 




1898 
Mr. P. F. Warner's XI vs. All New York. 




1898 
The All New York Team vs. Mr. P. F. Warner's XL 



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1907 
The Marvlelionc C. C. XI vs. .Ml New York. 




1907 
]\Ir. D. S. Newhall's Phila. Pilgrim XI vs. All New York. 



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1908 
The Baseball Nine of the S. 1. C. C. 



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riu' C'liil) has had an rn\iahle rocmd in ihc licUl ol" Anialcur r>a.s(.'l)all. ami 
on several (H'casions has won ihc ("hanii)li>nslii|) nf \hv Ainatcnr llaschall League 
ct its <la\. 

Anuin^ ihc I'oi-nicr ^ianls in ihc AniaUnr Uaschall WDrkl. il has inohulcd in 
ils Mcnihorslii]) the fallow ini^- ^ahiw of stars: Messrs. (ieo. \V . Dix, W. II. Clark, 
I )n(lle\ -M. Iletts, Jeremiah Sinionscn. I A'lnnel Uest, Isaac Jones. |aek ("uthbert- 
son, lacdl) janin. Walter 1 Iodides. L. I'. I^ayard, II. S. I )ol]ar(l, Leniist, I'enny San- 
ford. -Mori. Rosters. Jake llilcheoek, II. Deavan, lM-aleii;h Rogers. Dan Channeey, 
Sam Channeey. R. II. I lalsved. .\nior\- (1. 1 Iodides, WvUvs TerrN', A. G. Tower, M 
[\ Ayranlt. II. W. Sloeum. S])alding- and Martin deGarmendia, Wrio-hlson, Tom 
Hig-g-ins. James A. 'lAng. R. Stagg, Adrian II. I.arkin, A. A. Cater. 11. C. Hopkins, 
Geo. IJreek, C. I', liowland, Harold Strebeigh, Kelly Cole, Al. Geer, John How- 
land, Xeil Sullivan. George Reddington, B. O'Connor, Teddy Ames, Jake Janvin 
II.. H. Stehbins. G. P. l)isoswa\-, Throckmorton, Brigham, Hotchkiss, Taintor. 
Cam])l)ell. \'an Rensselaer, Warren, "Dutch" Carter, Nick Donnelly, Gayle Young, 
J. F. Rooney, J. E. McGahan. John A. Allen. "Dusty" Miller, Williams, R. G. Guern- 
sey, the Delatield Brothers, (). T. Johnson, Hal and C. W. O'Connor, O. A. Glaze- 
brook, Jr., Sydney G. Willcox, J. S. Slosson and manv others. 

The Club made its real debut in the Baseball world in 1874, when a team 
under the management of Edward C. Bridgman made a "Grand Tour" and invaded 
the towns of Louis\'ille, Springfield, St. Lotu's, New York, Jackson, S}'racuse, and 
also Guelph and Brantford in Canada. Fradition, if not history, records that 
Staten Island won 7 out of the 10 games played. 

Man\' were the exciting games in the heyda}' of Amateur I'aseball in the 90"s 
that the Club played against its friends, and neighbors — the valiant nine of the old 
Staten Island Athletic Cltib. One notable game still lingers in our memory. Fif- 
teen innings were played, with the score nothing to nothing, the game being called 
on account of darkness. The story goes that the Doctors of Staten Island were 
kept busy all that night ministering to the cases of nervous prostration among the 
lady baseball "fans" of the two Clubs, induced by the intense excitement of the 
contest, owing to the great rivalry that existed between the two organizations. 



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1906 
Mr. R. St. G. Walker's XI vs. Mr. H. P. Baily's Philadelphia XI. 




1907 
The Staten Island C. C. vs. The Richmond Co. Country Club. 



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Ai diu' link' (ir aiinihci- in ii> hi^lnrx ( kiI I , I'mhiIi.iII ( l\n,^li\, C 'nlk'i^iaU' and 
Association I. l.acrDsso, TxiaiinL;-. ( )ni>iis. Ilnwls, I'ii'ld I lucki'v and other ()Utd(jor 
sports lia\o lirrn jilaxcd and fostered 1)_\- the ('\u\). 

Even doll", that has since l)econic the most <.;encrall\ jjopiilai- ol all the sports, 
was played h\ the C'lnh dni-ini;- the earl\- 'H)'s, for a i)ari\ of its Menihers consisting 
of Gcor_y-e llnntei', (ieo. I"'.. Armstrong. W'm. II. I )a\idge, James I'ark. Edward 
IJeckctt. \\ . A. I lamilton. |ohn Scr\nigeoui". A. I''. I 'alerson, C. A. I'"ry. the writer. 
and sexeral others nsed to pla\ golf (|uite regularh' on the Fox I Hlls, where on an 
improvised course, without ])ulting greens, and with a few caretully planted tomato 
cans to ser\-e as cu])S, the\' inti"(Kluced the game to the ])eoi)le ol Staten Island. 

It is an interesting fact that to Miss Mary Ewing ()uterl)ridge helonged the 
credit of having hroiight the first set of the "New Game of Lawn Tennis" to Amer- 
ica. This set she imported from England, via Bermuda, in 1876. By permission of 
tlie 1 )irectors of this Cluh, the net was put u]) on the Club grounds and the new 
game ^'ery soon became extremely popular among the Members. Thus this Club 
was the first organization in the country to take up Lawn Tennis. A little later, 
after the game had become more generally known, the Club held upon its grounds 
the first open tournament ever played in this country. 

The Club is today perhaps the oldest Member of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Asso- 
ciation, of which Association our Mr. E. H. Outerbridge was the prime mover, and 
one of the original founders. 

Any history of the Club would be incomplete without a grateful tribute to 
the faithful services of old George Hayward and of William Herring, who for 
many years served, the Club as groundsmen, as well as to Walter Radford, who for 
the past eleven years has served the Club efficiently as professional and grounds- 
man. Our thanks too, are due to George VVestock and later to Albert Rayner, who 
for many years, had charge of the Club liouse. 

Of late years, and at the present time, the activities of the Club have been 
principally in the direction of Cricket, Lawn Tennis, ''Soccer Football," and the 
usual pursuits and diversions of a social organization. 

In the season just past (1916) the Club again won the Championship of the 
New York and New Jersey Cricket League. 

Under the able management of Messrs. Harry Manley, E. Kaufman and 
A. Warren Smith, the Club has for several years past been an important factor in 
the Amateur New York and New Jersey "Soccer" League, the championship of 
which it won in 1915-16. 



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1908 
Statcii Island C. C. vs. Richmond Co. Country Chih 




The Soccer Team. 
1910-1911 



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1915 
Staten Island C. C. vs. Mr. A. E. Fordon's XI. 



The "Staten Island Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports" was organized in 1877, 
as an auxiliary of this Club, the Membership in which was open at that time only 
to those ladies whose immediate family were Members of the Cricket Club. 

]\Irs. Robert Emmett I'J.obinson was the first President of the Club, and was 
succeeded in office by Miss Ivrebs, Mrs. John G. iJale, Mrs. Alexander D. Shaw, 
!Mrs. Wm. H. Davidge, Mrs. W. Iv. Jewett, Mrs. G. Heineken, Mrs. Norman S. 
AA'alker, Jr., Airs. A. N. Lawrence, Mrs. Otis L. Williams, ]\frs. H. R. A'anVechten 
and Airs. ^\^illiam Bryan. 

The first open Tennis tournament for Ladies ever held in America was given 
under the auspices of this Club, and for several years the Championship in Ladies' 
Singles was held by a Alember of the Club, Aiiss Adeline K. Robinson. 

The name of the Club \\as subsequently changed to the "Staten Island Ladies' 
Club," under which name it still does us the honor to maintain its Clubhouse and 
play at oiu' groimds, and under which name it is favorably known wherever Lawn 
Tennis is played. 



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1899 
Veterans of New York vs. Veterans of Philadelphia. 

(Playerl at Prospect Park.) 




1907 
Mr. R. St. G. Walker's Veteran XI vs. Mr. George Ashbridge's Philadelphia Veteran XL 



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\'i>v a nuinhiT n\ w:\v^. more especially heiween ISS.t .-md I'tOO, we used to 
g;o (|uile rei^ularh' lo riiila(lel])liia lo pla\ our Annual ( Viekei Malelies with our 
friends of the ( lerniantow n. Meiaon, I'liiladelpliia and llrliniml (Vickel Chihs. 
These were the L;real malehes nt' ihe yviw lo ns, and lo whiidi wh' alwa_\s looki'd [nv 
ward willi ihe keenest enllur^iasni. Thos.' o| ns who played will ne\-er, w f think. 
forget the pleasure ol' those three or four day toui-s, and the delightful hosi)ilality 
of our Pliiladelphia friends. Candor compels us to admit that they generally beat us, 
though sometimes we turned the tables on them. 

b^)r lack of s])ace we must reluelanlly i-elrain from mentioning the names 
of the Philadelphia Cricketers, sjjlendid sportsmen and gentlemen, that come to 
our minds, for the list would start with the Xewhalls, and would lill a xolume. 

Cricket in Xew York has always l)een an exotic, and in the opinion of the 
writer, is ever likely to so remain. A Cricketer, like a poet, is l)orn, not made. In 
addition to a natural love and aptitude for the game, it would seem that he needs in 
his blood the traditions of generations of cricketers behind him. The game is not 
very popular in America, primarily because it takes too dong to learn, and 
secondly, because it takes too long to play. A game that sometimes requires 
two days or more to play, or, in the case of a one day's match, is drawn, 
after six hours ])lay. on account of lack of time to finish, does not appeal to 
the young American. Then too, it is not sufficiently exciting to suit the national 
taste. The result, like that of a closely contested baseball game, is not continuously 
in doubt. But because it is an exotic, and — except in the good old town of Phila- 
delphia where Cricket is indigenous — is a rather fragile flower, it is none the less 
dear to those who love it. While in Cricket, as in all other games, there is a keen 
desire to \vin, the spirit of Cricket is that "the game's the thing" and that the mere 
result is more or less an episode. Win if you can, but win fairly, and lose a hun- 
dred matches rather than resort to a technical or unsportsmanlike trick to achieve 
your victory. And it is not only the game itself, but its associations, and its mem- 
ories, and the life-long friendships made on the Cricket Field, that endear it to the 
hearts of its votaries. 



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1886 
Club Match. American vs. English. 

(The first Club Match played on our present grounds at Livingston.) 




1916 
Thirty Year Anniversary Club Match. American vs. English. 



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TIu' iwii aniu'xrd plioh )^i-;i|)Ii^ slmw Cricket groups lakt'ii in ISSfiand ]^)\f). 
Tlu'x rcprcscni ilu' \ninial "" AnuM-ican" versus " I'.n^iisli" ( Vit-kii MaU'li. and wvvc 
taken (Ml tlio sanu' s])(ii, 1)\ ilu' same i)lii)t()!^"ra])lHT, Mi". I. Alnisiacdl of Suilcii 
IshmcL It is a nocnliav trilintc to the i^'am.' and its Imld npon its dc'\-olees, that nine 
of the men who pkaxed in ISSo came toi^'clhet" to i)k'iy M) years later in I'-'K), viz., 
Messrs. I'.. II. Onterhi-idoe. W'm. II. Davidi^e. Xorman S. Walker, R. St. (}. Walker, 
J. Lawrence Pool, Rei.iinald K. I'onner, Cirlile lioyd. \'. Beverley Eyre and Wm. 
Williams. 

On May oO. \^)17. a s4rand Cricket Match was ])la\-ed at the Chd) Grounds 
l"or the henetil of the Ih'itish Red Cross, hetween the Malifax Cup XT, captained ])y 
Mr. J. S. r>ret/:. and the "Xext XI of .\11 Xew York," captained by ^Ir. F. F. Kelly. 
We were honored on that occasion 1)\- the presence of H. B. ^\. Consul General 
Clive Bayley and Airs. Bavley, Mr. C. vS. LeT'oer Trench, Chairman of the British 
Red Cross Committee, as well as by that of nearly 1,500 of our good and tried 
friends, the staunch patrons of Cricket in Xew York. 

The presence and the ])la3-ino- of the pipers of the New York Scottish Hig-h- 
landers, of which command our Member Walter Scott is Colonel, added greatly to 
the zest and enjoyment of the occasion. 

It is a pleasure to record that owing to the efforts of the Chairman, Mr. 
Bretz, the Treasurer, Mr. George Shaw, to other Members of the Committee, repre- 
senting every Cricket Club in New^ York and X'^ew Jersey, and to the patriotic sup- 
port of the lovers of the game, a sum in excess of $2,200 was realized for the ben- 
efit of the British Red Cross. 

It is safe to sa\^ that never before in the history of New York Cricket, has a 
sum anywhere approaching this amount been realized from a Cricket ]\Iatch in this 
communitv. 



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1916 
The Soccer Team. 




The British Red Cross Match. Halifax Cui, XI vs. Next All New York XL Alav 30, 1917. 



Allhoui^li in iIk' nann\' of tilings \vc ar*.' ciniipi'lK'd !(• omit tlu' nanu's of 
many ol tuir xaluod associau-s, ilu' lolldwin;; Cdinr in us, at this linic, as l)(.'in<,' 
amoui^ tlinsi' not ItitluTto nu-nt ioiu'd, \\h'> in niu' lirhl nr another, hax'c helped in 
the lile and nphuiUhn;^ ot" the ( 'hi!) in thr pa^l : - 

(,". \. Anahlc, I'".ul;\mk' I >. Alexander, I iei 1. i. llen/ii^er, II.W. |. I Uu'knall, M . A. 
lanke, l'"ied. T., W. II., and l.aird lai^k. ( lia.s. W . I'.aiaies, l'".(l\\ard W. Ih-own, 
James llrowti, Siejilien 11. Hi-dwh, (i. T. and \'.. II. I'xinner, ('lea\'er Ihajwn, David 
l>in,<;liani, l\. I', (i. lUicklin, riiarle> Iknion, Will.ird .S. Ihaiwii, ('. .\. lilytli and 
his sons. Win. r>r\an, C'lias. W . I 'x i\\ la'ii^;. A. II. |)iii\-, (i. Ilnnler ih-own, C. I). 
Ih-aekenridi^e, S. \\ llarrw W. .\l. (Vowe, kechnond C'onxns^ham, L. A. Camacho, 
|. -Maxwell C'arrere. .\nson L. Carroll, | ilin 1\. C'hadwiek, \Vm. Constable, Jr., 
I I. W. C"o/./.ens, Ci. II. Downin- II. T. I )ninl)ell. \i. J). Crowell, V. VV. Corse, W. L. 
her.osi. .\rilnir Dnliois, \\ Coonk'v, .\. K. I )a\ids()n, 1). Delehanty, E. F. Darrell, 
.Xorman and W. II. Donald. Chauneey h'ldridi^e, F. 1^. Eldridge, K. P. Emmons, 
Will. I'^uersham, lulward Fesser, Eberhard Faber, George H. and L. B. Frieze, F, 
S. Cannon and his sons, W. J. Gordon, \\' E. Glyn, D. J. and E. W. Gould, J. R. 
Gr\nies. Theo. Greppo, the Henderson brothers, Archie Gracie, David Hay, the 
1 leineken brothers, Otto and \'incent Hockmeyer, J. E. G, Higgens, M. R. Hafifen- 
den, Oscar I lackman, George Irvine, J. P. Ilsley, J. C. Jenkins, the Jevvett brothers, 
the Johnstone brothers, T. H. Job, Austin P. Kelley, Horace R. Kelly, Fred. Knight, 
Sidney deKay, E. Kaufman and his sons, E. B. King-, C. H. Ludington, Jr., W. W. 
Lowry, E. Burton Lyon, J. A. Morton, George Martin, David A. Munro, Clinton 
Miller, J. T. Molineux, H. B. Montgomery, HenryMartin, E. and W. P. Norton, E. 
L. O' Bryan, Chas. S. Phillips, H. V. N. Philip, W. W. Price, the Parmeles, J. B. 
Pearson, Edgar Palmer, the Pendletons, Geo. E. Ouaile, W. A. Ross and his sons, 
Beverley Robinson, E. S. Rimer, Rufus K. Robinson, W. D. Robinson, A. P. Ripley, 
Dane E. Rianhard, Thos. M., H. W. and W. L. Rianhard, W. H. Rutty, Edmond 
Reeks, W. F. Robertson, J. H. Tiernan, S. G. Schermerhorn, F. O. Spedden, Charles 
T. Stout. F. H. Tabor. Eugene Treadwell, J. G. Timolat, Fred'k Toppin, H. G. 
A'anA'echten. E. F. Schefer, Geo. M. Sidenberg, L. B. Sanderson, R. L. Stafford, 
John D. A'anBuren, A. A'an Laar, Oscar V'on-Bernuth, Grosvenor Wright, George 
Withers, H. AA\ AA^aterworth, Wm. R. White, Erastus Wiman and his sons, William 
Witherspoon, T. L. Wells, Gordon A. Willis. Waldron Williams, Horace Waldo, Jr., 
R. At. Stuart- Wortley, C. W. Sparks, W. J. Sparks, H. Sindall, T. Ashley Sparks, 
and the families of the Walshers, AVemples, Willcox's, Miller Jones's, McCreery's, 
GarrettSj Gostenhofers, Trenches, Kings, Kobbes and Irvings. 



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"^V l"c\v of Our I'rieiKlb." 
Taken on the occasion of the British Red Cross Match, May 30, 1917. 



Not a few of the old friends whom we have named in these pages have played 
their last innings, and have gone to the Great Beyond. Their memory is held in af- 
fectionate remembrance by those of us who still survive, and who cherish the happy 
recollection of those associations of by-gone days, a recollection that has been 
strengthened and hallowed by the spirit of the Club's motto "Lude ludum insignia 
secundaria" which we take to mean — Play the game — prizes, rewards, honors, vea 
victories, are secondary, even insignificant things. 

To-day this same spirit, we believe, possesses the Members, past and present, 
of the old Cricket Club, save that at this hour Victory is the goal, and the only goal, 
for which we are striving. Victory over our enemies, and victory for God, for peace, 
and for the righteous democracy of the world. And we hope and believe that every 
Member, past and present, each in his own way, be it conspicuously, or be it in the 
humblest manner, is to-day "doing his bit" to aid in the achievement of that glo- 
rious end. 



Note: — As most of the Club photographs were destroyed in the fire, those here reproduced are from the private collection 
of the writer, taken at various times during the period of his Mei'jrbership in the Club. 



(Copyrighted by R. St. G. Walker, 64 Beaver St., New York.) 



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